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Chapter 416: Dire Straits
Chapter 416: Dire Straits
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Demon blood splattered as the broken immortal sword, nearing its Ultimate state, sliced through the ancient demon's intangible Immortal Power Barrier and pierced through its thick, scaly skin, cleaving deep into its flesh and bone.
The ancient demon's bones were immortal bones, encircled by intricate Great Dao patterns, making them virtually indestructible.
But at this moment, under the full power eruption of Li Hao and the rudimentary Heavenly Dao's might, the broken immortal sword's edge was terrifyingly sharp. With its Ultimate speed and impact, it delivered a fearsome tearing force, severing even the demon's bones!
The ancient demon roared in shock and fury.
The broken immortal sword was so fast that it couldn't react in time. Now, with its bones severed at its weakest point, it was both terrified and enraged, unsure if this was mere coincidence or if its opponent truly had the ability to discern its vulnerabilities.
But in the blink of an eye, it began to channel its Immortal Power to regenerate and heal its bones.
Meanwhile, Li Hao, controlling the broken immortal sword, swiftly cut through the demon's body, severing its various connections to ensure it would die instantly. This was the only way to force out its Soul Spirit.
If given time to react, the injuries it had just sustained would heal, leading to a prolonged and grueling battle.
"Faster! Faster! Faster!"
Li Hao wielded the sword, tearing through the demon's flesh, organs, and bones at breakneck speed.
The organs and flesh, imbued with Immortal Power, were incredibly resilient, like walls of copper and iron. But under the overwhelming power of the broken immortal sword, they were torn apart.
From the outside, the ancient demon's body was covered in gashes, blood fog erupting from every wound. Its skin split open, and blood spurted from its body, limbs, neck, and head.
The assembled saints watched in amazement.
"Is that Heavenly Venerated Hao's attack?!"
"So strong, so fierce! The ancient demon can't even fight back!"
"My goodness, did I see that wrong? That's a True Immortal!"
"It's injured, severely injured!"
The saints were trembling with excitement, their hearts filled with awe. They couldn't believe their eyes. It was beyond their expectations. They knew Li Hao was strong, but they never imagined that a True Immortal-level ancient demon would be suppressed in just one exchange!
However, unlike the saints' joy, Li Hao's expression grew grim.
As he continued to sever the ancient demon's bones, Li Hao noticed that the broken immortal sword's speed was slowing down, even if only by a fraction. But the slowing was accelerating, and it quickly became more noticeable!
It felt like he was running out of power.
But Li Hao knew that he was still in full power eruption, and his body hadn't reached its limit. The power attached to the broken immortal sword was still formidable.
Roar!
The ancient demon suddenly roared, its Immortal Power rapidly coalescing into a black, swirling barrier that enveloped its body.
Its physical form condensed, and the Immortal Power in its blood was quickly mobilized to heal the injured areas.
As the wound on its side began to heal, Li Hao's heart sank.
He hadn't killed it!
The only way he could kill the ancient demon was to destroy its physical body and then engage its Soul Spirit in a life-or-death struggle.
But now, he couldn't instantly kill its physical body.
"The sword is dulling!"
Using his Divine Sense, Li Hao controlled the broken immortal sword to shoot out of the ancient demon's skull and return to him.
Li Hao examined the sword and saw that its edge was indeed more worn, with many more gaps and curls.
The broken immortal sword had already lost much of its power, relying solely on its sharpness. After severing the demon's bones, this sharpness had significantly diminished.
His expression was grim.
At that moment, as the broken immortal sword was recalled, the ancient demon's body instantly healed. The various wounds and bleeding areas that had been torn apart quickly restored to their original state.
With its body healed, the ancient demon let out a roar of rage, glaring at Li Hao with a ferocious expression. It was so angry that it had been forced to merely defend itself, and its physical body had been rapidly destroyed, making it feel a sense of crisis!
The opponent had immediately pierced its weakness, which was no coincidence. From the path the broken immortal sword took while wreaking havoc inside its body, the ancient demon could sense that this human was extremely familiar with its physical structure.
To achieve such familiarity, one would have to have witnessed it countless times, or, have killed many, many times.
Kill!
The ancient demon no longer held back or showed mercy. Having experienced the Imperial Fall Campaign, it was a seasoned leader among ancient demons, and it immediately unleashed its innate secret art. A massive vortex appeared behind it, like a black hole born from the void, drawing in even light.
When the saints saw the vortex black hole, they instantly felt a dizzying, disorienting sensation, as if their soul spirits were being dragged in through their eyes.
At the same moment, the ancient demon's claw swung down again, as fast as lightning.
This time, the claw was surrounded by immortal realm power.
Just as Li Hao was about to use his Eternal Dao Domain to resist, he discovered that the various Great Dao powers within the Eternal Dao Domain were rendered ineffective under the immortal realm's influence.
The deterrent power of the Eternal Dao Domain was greatly weakened, and the saint path laws within were all restrained, rendering the law power useless.
Li Hao had heard Nangong Jian mention before that True Immortals could ignore saint path laws, which was the absolute suppression True Immortals had over Sages.
Swish!
Li Hao drew his sword again. Heavenly Stars Vein unleashed vast power, and hundreds of streams of immortal power extended from his body, transforming into a massive surge of heaven and earth energy, all converging on the sword.
This strike was even more terrifying than the previous one, capable of splitting a minor world!
As the sword light slashed out, the claw showed no mercy. This time, it did not get deflected but instead continuously eroded the sword light, ultimately shattering it and smashing down.
With a loud thud, Li Hao's body was sent flying, his massive form trembling, and his Dao bones cracking.
With just one strike, his body was nearly shattered.
Li Hao's body quickly healed, but the other saints within the military formation turned pale, spitting out blood, all feeling a sense of shock.
Each of them had only endured one three-hundredth of the damage Li Hao had suffered, yet they were already severely injured.
"Die!"
Li Hao's eyes were fierce. Ignoring the intense pain, he controlled the broken immortal sword and attacked again.
Using offense as defense, the broken immortal sword once again struck at the ancient demon.
This time, the ancient demon was prepared and immediately activated its immortal realm, enveloping itself. However, its immortal realm was as dark as a ghostly domain, filled with eerie winds and twisted Great Dao.
But the broken immortal sword still moved with divine speed, piercing through the immortal realm. This was the result of the combined power of a hundred saints, Heavenly Stars Vein, and rudimentary Heavenly Dao power, along with the hundred streams of immortal power from Li Hao's body. The sheer volume of power, despite being consumed hundreds of times over by the immortal realm, was simply too great.
Boom!
The immortal realm was pierced, and the ancient demon's body was simultaneously impaled by the broken immortal sword.
Then, Li Hao unleashed his full power, pushing his soul spirit power to the ultimate limit, causing the divine bones within his soul spirit to shine with a crimson-golden light.
"Faster, even faster!"
Li Hao roared in his mind.
The Heavenly Dharma Image behind him and the surrounding Sage Dharma Images merged, the Sage Dharma Images transforming into streams of light and merging into Li Hao's Heavenly Dharma Image, then fusing with his body.
A humming sound echoed through the void, as if the fabric of reality itself was trembling.
When Emulate Heaven and Earth merged with Heavenly Dharma Image, the saints felt as if the entire world was in Li Hao's grasp. The immense, surging power he wielded far exceeded the saint level by a vast margin.
Puff, puff, puff, puff!
A series of blood fog explosions erupted from the Ancient Demon's body, the sounds of flesh being rapidly torn by the Broken Immortal Sword and bones snapping.
In an instant, Li Hao had severed over three hundred bones within the Ancient Demon, but there were still more than a hundred left—these were the core bones that supported its body.
To kill it instantly, he had to sever and crush every single one of them.
Roar!
The Ancient Demon reacted, letting out an enraged roar as Immortal Power surged, rapidly healing the damaged areas. Li Hao's Broken Immortal Sword continued to slash within its body, but the speed gradually slowed.
Suddenly, the Broken Immortal Sword struck a Dao Bone and began to tremble, embedding itself into the bone.
Li Hao's heart skipped a beat, a sense of despair creeping in.
His power was sufficient, but the Broken Immortal Sword wasn't sharp enough.
It was more than enough to slay a second-stage or third-stage Ancient Demon, slicing through metal like butter, but the True Immortal-level Ancient Demon's physical body was comparable to a top-tier Ninth Tribulation Dao Armament, dulling the Broken Immortal Sword!
Suddenly, a dark, malevolent magic emerged within the Ancient Demon's body, enveloping the Broken Immortal Sword and forcing it out.
Staring at the weapon that had caused it such great harm, the Ancient Demon growled and exerted force with its palm, bending the Broken Immortal Sword and then flinging it like a piece of scrap metal toward Li Hao.
Li Hao dodged, but a shallow cut still appeared on his cheek, which quickly healed.
"Is this thing invincible?"
"It was clearly suppressed and heavily wounded, yet it can heal instantly."
"Three Eternities Apex, this True Immortal-level Ancient Demon must have mastered it. To kill it, we need to shatter its entire physical body. This isn't just about defeating it; it's a thousand times harder than defeating a True Immortal of the sea!"
The saints, witnessing this, felt a chill run down their spines.
Their earlier excitement and joy had faded, replaced by a sobering realization of the difficulty in killing this True Immortal-level Ancient Demon.
Its healing speed was too fast. If they couldn't kill it instantly, all their efforts and damage would be in vain.
They were just saints; battling a True Immortal and even defeating it was already unprecedented. Killing one was an unimaginable challenge!
The saints looked at Li Hao's towering, gigantic figure, feeling a sense of despair.
Li Hao's performance had already surpassed their expectations, but this was a True Immortal, after all!
"I will crush you into pieces!"
The Ancient Demon, staring at Li Hao, let out a fierce, enraged growl.
It harbored intense hatred for the young man and would not let him die easily.
Li Hao continued to breathe, adjusting his state. The surging power within him made him feel as if he were standing in a furnace, hot and swelling. This power was enough to shake a True Immortal, but not to kill it instantly.
"The Broken Immortal Sword isn't sharp enough. It worked fine for dissecting a True Immortal-level Ancient Demon before, but to shatter and sever all its bones in an instant is much more challenging than slowly cutting through flesh!"
Li Hao's face was grim. His power was barely enough, but he lacked a suitable weapon.
"I can only compensate for its lack of sharpness with more power."
In just a moment, Li Hao's thoughts calmed, and another Broken Immortal Sword appeared in his palm. As soon as it materialized, he burned a golden vein within his Soul Spirit, significantly boosting his Soul Spirit Power and increasing his Object Control speed.
"Not enough, still not enough!"
A golden vein, two golden veins... five golden veins, all burning at once!
Li Hao's Soul Spirit ignited with golden Crimson Flame. It wasn't that Li Hao didn't want to burn more, but the Soul Spirit had its limits, and it had already reached its ultimate capacity.
The broken immortal sword suddenly accelerated, piercing through the ancient demon's side and swiftly darting around inside its body.
The ancient demon, feeling the pain, finally reacted with a mix of shock and fury. The broken immortal sword was too fast, and it couldn't react in time. Unless it turned and fled, it had no way to stop it.
Sensing the extensive damage the broken immortal sword was causing inside its body, the ancient demon roared incessantly, focusing its Immortal Power on itself to regenerate the damaged areas.
As the Soul Spirit burned, the broken immortal sword's speed increased even further. Explosive sounds echoed continuously, and in the blink of an eye, it had destroyed all the flesh and blood organs inside the ancient demon, severed over three hundred bones, and left almost 90% of its body paralyzed and necrotic!
But there were still two or three dozen bones that remained unbroken.
At this moment, the ancient demon's Immortal Power erupted, and its injuries began to heal immediately.
"Not enough, still not enough..."
Li Hao's heart was filled with frustration. Was this the limit?
Moreover, the Fatal Attribute hadn't triggered. Was it ineffective against True Immortals, or was the speed too fast, counting his attacks as a single strike?
"How can this be..."
"It can't be killed, it simply can't be killed!"
The other saints watched as the ancient demon's aura grew stronger again, feeling a deep sense of terror. They had already seen Li Hao employ many terrifying techniques, pushing his Ultimate Realm to the limit, even activating the Heavenly Stars Vein, which surrounded the Heaven-Earth Meridian, seemingly a manifestation of Ultimate Limit Power.
But it still failed.
The sheer power Li Hao had gathered at this moment made them feel a chill, yet they lacked the power to slay this True Immortal-level ancient demon!
Boom!
As soon as the ancient demon's body recovered, it charged straight at Li Hao, the immortal realm's suppression overwhelming, as if trying to crush Li Hao's bones.
The Eternal Dao Domain was enveloped by the immortal realm, forcefully penetrated, and all the laws within it became ineffective.
The ancient demon opened its massive maw, aiming to bite Li Hao's head and suck out his soul to slowly torture and refine it within its body.
Li Hao's face changed, and he abandoned the broken immortal sword. After the initial attack, the sword had become even more decayed, its edge curled, and there was no point in retrieving it.
"If only I had a genuine Immortal Artifact, something sharp enough..."
Li Hao clenched his fists, feeling an urge to smash something. He had enough power to face it in battle!
Two broken immortal swords materialized in his palms, his Soul Spirit Power split into two, each wrapping around a sword as he charged at the ancient demon's head.
This time, he targeted the weak spot on the side of the ancient demon's abdomen, but Li Hao no longer aimed to kill it physically. The broken immortal swords in his hands simply couldn't do it. His only hope now lay in the Fatal Attribute, that 1% chance, which was his greatest hope at this moment!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The two broken immortal swords dodged the ancient demon's attacks, moving like dragons at full speed, repeatedly stabbing at its body.
The previous attack had been a dissection technique Li Hao had learned from dismembering the ancient demon, equivalent to a single move in cultivation techniques. Now, Li Hao was repeatedly stabbing with lightning-fast strikes!
Each assassination by the broken immortal sword counted as a separate attack, increasing the chances of triggering the Fatal Attribute.
As the broken immortal swords attacked, the ancient demon's claw reached out to grab Li Hao. Their sizes were similar, and Li Hao had no intention of engaging in close combat. He retreated continuously, his Body Movement Path now at the nine-dan stage, allowing him to move with greater finesse and agility, having entered the Dao and able to borrow force from the void.
But the suppression and shroud of the Immortal Realm slowed Li Hao's movements by tenfold, and he was still caught by the Claw.
The ancient demon paid no attention to Li Hao's two Broken Immortal Swords and immediately clutched Li Hao, ready to bite his head off.
A single Broken Immortal Sword couldn't kill it, let alone two. The speed was half as slow as when he controlled just one, and it could barely react and dodge.
"Quick, quick, trigger it!"
Li Hao gritted his teeth, trying to push away the ancient demon's Claw with his arms. However, his once-prided Physical Body Power felt like pushing against a massive mountain, making it hard to budge.
Just as the ancient demon was about to bite down, its body suddenly trembled, and a strong sense of impending death enveloped it.
The ancient demon's pupils constricted. The feeling was so intense that it even surpassed the threat Li Hao's Broken Immortal Sword had inflicted earlier. It felt as if an irresistible Power was rapidly approaching, a Power that transcended Heavenly Dao, something beyond the realm of the divine.
Swoosh!
The ancient demon's body exploded into countless blood clots.
This scene left Li Hao stunned.
The grieving and despairing saints were also shocked, their eyes widening with renewed hope.
"Is it dead?"
"Was it Heavenly Venerated Hao's attack? How did it suddenly explode?"
The saints anxiously watched the countless blood clots.
After a moment of daze, Li Hao suddenly snapped back to reality and immediately understood what had happened.
It wasn't that the Fatal Attribute had caused the explosion; rather, the ancient demon had used this method to avoid the influence of the Fatal Attribute.
Many of the exploded flesh chunks were floating in the air, not falling like dead bodies.
Soon, black mist began to surge from those floating chunks, and the ancient demon's body quickly reformed.
"Kill!"
Seeing this opportunity, Li Hao hurriedly manipulated the Broken Immortal Sword to attack at full speed.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The malformed ancient demon, just reformed from the flesh chunks, was instantly cut in half, its Soul Spirit separating from its Physical Body.
Li Hao's Soul Spirit swiftly struck out, slashing the separated Soul Spirit to pieces.
But this Soul Spirit was not the ancient demon's complete Soul Spirit, just a fragment.
The remaining flesh chunks quickly grew, transforming into the ancient demon's form and rapidly converging and fusing.
Li Hao controlled the Broken Immortal Sword to slash through, cutting and hacking as the ancient demon fused, but then a silver-gray light suddenly appeared. A terrifying Power struck the Broken Immortal Sword, causing the Soul Spirit within to momentarily stagnate.
In this brief moment, the ancient demon's body had already reformed.
Li Hao's face darkened. The ancient demon had used self-explosion and Reversing Fate to transfer the lethality of the Fatal Attribute.
The Fatal Attribute affected the body, but if one used a Fate-Defying Chance, it could transfer the Fatal Attribute's pull. When Li Hao had slain the Fourth Establishment Realm being, it had allowed the Divine Soul to escape its body. Now, with a True Immortal, it didn't need to abandon its body to evade.
Hum!
As the ancient demon's body recovered, a silver-gray light appeared on its forehead, radiating condensed and surging Immortal Power.
At that moment, the void shook, and the ancient demon leader almost instantly appeared in front of Li Hao, its Claw sweeping across in a dark, destructive arc, slicing Li Hao's body in half at the waist!
After consuming the demonic body of the Huntian Sage, Li Hao's Physical Body was on par with a Five Tribulation Imperial Weapon. He had spent twelve years on the ancient path outside the Immortal Gate, refining his Physical Body to match a Sixth Rank Imperial Weapon. Only the Primordial Ancestor's Heaven-Taming Whip could cause him some harm, but it couldn't destroy him.
But at this moment, the ancient demon's sweeping attack left Li Hao's body shattered like tofu.
The wounds burned incessantly, and a special power restrained Li Hao's regenerative abilities, preventing him from healing.
A torrent of blood spewed out, and Li Hao's power drained from his body.
The ancient demon leader did not roar; it only stared at Li Hao with an icy gaze. The deathly aura from just a moment ago had left it trembling with fear. If it hadn't shifted and evaded, a slower reaction or a direct hit would have meant certain death!
Complete annihilation!
This enraged the ancient demon, its killing intent stronger than ever before. It had no thoughts of tormenting Li Hao; it wanted a quick kill!
With a deafening boom, the void trembled as the immortal realm unfolded, suddenly enveloping the military formation.
The saints felt the terrifying power of the immortal realm and their faces paled as they hurried to evade. However, over a dozen sages were still caught within the immortal realm, meeting their annihilation. Their soul spirits were trapped, unable to struggle, and the ancient demon leader devoured them in front of everyone.
Li Hao knew that once consumed by the ancient demon, there would be no chance of reincarnation—complete annihilation, forever erased from existence!
"Quick, flee!"
Li Hao's face was pale. He had not expected that the combined efforts of the saints would fail to subdue the ancient demon.
The incomplete immortal weapons in his hands were not sharp enough to instantly kill the ancient demon's physical body, and slaying its physical form was only the first step. The real battle would be the struggle between their soul spirits.
"Heavenly Venerated Hao, we have no retreat. Do you have any other plans? No matter how many die, we will fill the gaps, as long as we can kill it!"
The Supreme Sage of the Famous House urgently asked Li Hao.
"Where can we flee to? We have committed sins and have no place to run", Law Saint said, his voice filled with sorrow, lacking the usual coldness and severity, revealing a bitter tone:
"Even if we all sacrifice ourselves, it will be worth it. Do you have any other plans?"
He knew that if they fled now, they would never have another chance to challenge this True Immortal-level ancient demon, and they would be hunted down and killed one by one.
"No other plans..."
Li Hao felt the saints' determination and his impression of them changed, but at this moment, it was all meaningless.
"Go, flee to my Holy Land for refuge. I will hold it off!"
At this point, Li Hao no longer wanted to make things difficult for these people. He broke free from the military formation, being the focal point, he could control it. As he dissolved it, the power of the saints within the formation was severed, returning to their bodies.
A fierce and determined look appeared on Li Hao's face.(End of Chapter)
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